Kurt Ainsworth vs. Mike Cosgrove — Career Comparison

Kurt Ainsworth
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Cosgrove
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kurt Ainsworth built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Cosgrove as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Cosgrove posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 5.19 and 1.555 for Kurt Ainsworth. By the career numbers, Mike Cosgrove had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Mike Cosgrove

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.19
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.2
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.66
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
8.88
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
4.33
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
4.75
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
6.39
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
4
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.972
0.972
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.5
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
40.43
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1207
39.55
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.18
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.54
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.78
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.08
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
34.82
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025
33.59
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.55
39.55

Fielding Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Mike Cosgrove

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.89
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.27
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.71
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.71
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.44
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.828
0.828
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Mike Cosgrove

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1020
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
509.09
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
480
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.86
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
4.1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
7.25
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
77.14
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-22.63
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.92
-7.91
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
145.45
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4.13
4.13
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
85.71
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA